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UNITED STATES- PATENT' OFFICE.

ravine .L TEILE, 0E HOPE VALLEY," RHODE ISLAND.

TAG OR LABEL FOR POULTRY.l

sPncHcAroN forming pale of Letters Patent No. 381,598, safes April 24, lass. Applicationfiled September 3, i887. Serial No. 248.678. (No model.)

Z'o' aZZ whom'i may concern:

Be itknown that LIRVING J. TRUE,of Hope Valley,in the county of Vashington and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tags, Labels, or Marking or Distinguishing Rings for Fowls,of

which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings', .is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of tags orl labels used by raisers of poultry to distinguishl one fowl from another, and which are cornlnonly 4called marking or distinguishing7 rings because of their being coiled about the leg ofthe fowl in that shape when used.

The object of it is to so' construct an article for that purpose thatit will cost less and at the same time be more sure to keep its place on the leg of the fowl by avoiding all liability of being uncoiled by coming in contact with other objects. Itis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, iu which-- Figure l shows a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section-taken on line fr .fr in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows an edge view of the ring formed around the leg ofthe fowl when the article is in use.

A, Fig. 1, isat-hinstrip of sheet metal (preferably brass because ofits not being readily corroded) punched out of the sheet in the shape shown, one end being made wider than the rest for about one fourth its length, and from this the sides form a curved taper to the other end, which is rounded pff so thatit will readily pass through the openings when required. A slot or oval-shaped opening, B, is punched in the wide end of the strip A, and two crescent shaped openings are also punched in the strip vnot far from the opening B at the end. The raised bar C, ,of sheet metal, between the two crescentshaped openings is swaged up slightly in one direction, and the metal on each side of it is swaged down in the opposite direction,so that the raised bar C is formed across the label between the openings.

In applying my device itis wrapped around the leg of the fowl and the narrow-end of the strip passed through the eye or opening B and drawn up pretty 'closely to the leg. The same end is then passed under the bar G and turned back and again inserted in the opening B so far as to forni asnug fold between the opening B and the bar C and leave no projections to catch on objects that it may come in contact with. Aspace is left between the raised bar C and the taper end of the strip to receive the number,letter,or other distinguishing means of which a record can be kept in a book, with any memoranda that it may be desirable to retain in that connection.

Having thus described this deviee,I claim-+- As an improved article of manufacture, the

poultry-label herein described, consisting of a strip of sheet metal having at one end an opening and near the same end a raised crossbar, with an opening upon each side of said crossbar, all substantially as set forth.

JOHN G. PERRY, CHARLEs M. ARNOLD.

mark or date for that individual fowl, by 

